TELTA Module (Week 5)
The following is a selection of my contributions to the group chat on Slack from from Wednesday 8th February to Tuesday 14th February 2017. The Slack ‘Chat Channel’ was set up by Dr. Frances Boylan on 10th January 2017 and I joined the channel on 11th January 2017.
9th February 2017
Frances Boylan [9:16 AM]
Hi all. Just want to check if everything is ok with the material & CA this week? The chat channel has been quiet. I’m away tomorrow & over the weekend so won’t be about to answer questions here after today until Monday morning.
Gerard Kilkenny [9:44 AM]
@frances: I’ll be looking at this week’s CA later today Frances. I’ll get back to you if I have any queries. Any idea when the CATME self and peer assessment results are available? Just looked and there are no links in there yet.
Gerard Kilkenny [10:09 AM]
Gerard Kilkenny
@frances: I’ll be looking at this week’s CA later today Frances. I’ll get back to you if I have any queries. Any idea when the CATME self and peer assessment results are available? Just looked and there are no links in there yet.
Posted in #chatFeb 9th, 2017
Gerard Kilkennygerard.kilkenny
@frances: Grand.
Feb 9th, 2017
Pauline Rooney [10:13 AM]
@Gerry I’m waiting on one CATME evaluation and that should be in today. I don’t want to release the results until all evaluations are in as it will skew them. (And It is only possible to release results to the full class – I.e. I can’t release individual team results. A restriction of the system as I’m discovering!) Will be in touch later today with a further update though.
Gerard Kilkenny [10:15 AM]
@paulinerooney: Thanks. Badges for Week 4 to be pushed or pulled?
11th February 2017
Gerard Kilkenny [2:15 AM]
https://phys.org/news/2016-11-robots-classrooms-tools-teachers.html
phys.org
Robots likely to be used in classrooms as learning tools, not teachers
Robots are increasingly being used to teach students in the classroom for a number of subjects across science, maths and language. But our research shows that while students enjoy learning with robots, teachers are slightly reluctant to use them in the classroom.
https://3c1703fe8d.site.internapcdn.net/newman/gfx/news/hires/2016/robotslikely.jpg
Now that they’ve replaced most of the checkout operators in SuperValu, we could be next. 😀
Mick Mc Keever [7:02 PM]
@gerard.kilkenny I teach automation and robotics in DIT so we have been using them for years to teach. Unfortunately the memory capacity on the batches over the last few years seems inferior. It might be due to a Y2K bug the millennials suffer and can only keep max 4 digits in memory at any one time instead of the standard 7 +/- 2 (according to Miller).
Gerard Kilkenny [7:28 PM]
@mick_mc_keever: Very funny Mick! Unfortunately, there is a certain amount of truth in what you seem to be indicating. In the second level sector, teachers who have been correcting the Leaving Certificate Higher Level Maths papers for many years will tell you that a significant decline in standards began during the celtic tiger years. Many students got part-time jobs, spent more time in menial jobs and socialising, and neglected their studies. Marking schemes for the Maths papers have been ‘adjusted’ for many years now to keep the number of As, Bs, Cs, etc the same inside the ‘bell curve’. If this hadn’t happened, there would have been a national outcry. The new Project Maths courses (which were very controversial and politicised) could not be allowed to fail. There is substantial evidence to support what I say. You could write a thesis on the subject!
13th February 2017
Dave Culliton [10:06 AM]
Gerry I thought the powers were retracting on the Project Maths rubbish? I thought I read that somewhere last year.
Gerard Kilkenny [2 years ago]
@daveyc Who are the ‘powers’ and what do you mean by ‘retracting’? I’m afraid I don’t understand your question in order to reply?
14th February 2017
Gerard Kilkenny [1:29 PM]
Allesio found this simple but very good video on 21st Century Skills. The 4 Cs and 2 Ps. It’s less than 3 minutes long…
https://k12.thoughtfullearning.com/FAQ/what-are-21st-century-skills
K-12 Thoughtful Learning
What are 21st century skills?
The 21st century skills are a set of abilities that students need to develop in order to succeed in the information age. Explore this page to learn about these drivers of success.